this is america, we can do this. we have a defense budget with six countries combined. >> i'm talking about protecting our schools. that is my legislation. i strongly support senator feinstein's legislation and senator lautenberg. i have my own requirements. if you are asking me about my colleague who in the past have not supported this, i think you may see a change. senator manchin, when he was running, [inaudible] >> the senator has spoken out i think that when the senator speaks out in senator baucus says he wants to look at it, that is -- i don't know where the nra will wind up. hopefully i can speak for everybody. there is no reason to be polarized over whether our school should be protected. >> we were waiting we were keeping the bill open. there was no filibuster on it. so i don't know where it's going. i am going to follow through with this in the meantime strategy. let's do it by utilizing laws on the books. they make it easier with a better cost-sharing to make capital improvements at many schools want to d